Its nice to see the Islamic nation doing someshing peacful for a change?
"The peaceful takeover was the latest blow to Somalia's virtually powerless government. The country's defense minister, Col. Barre "Hirale" Aden Shire, had been a leading member of the Juba Valley Alliance that had been ruling Kismayo and was among those who fled."
"An interim government was formed in 2004 with U.N. help in hopes of restoring order after years of lawlessness. But the Islamic movement seized Mogadishu in June and now controls much of the country's south." Peacfully...of course.
"The United States has accused the Islamic group of sheltering suspects in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden has portrayed Somalia as a battleground in his war on the U.S."
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Somalia's Islamists Seize Seaport
By NASTEEX DAHIR FARAH, Associated Press Writer